The Ladas Memorial Award was established in memory of Stephen P. Ladas, distinguished practitioner and author.

Funded by Ladas & Parry LLP, this yearly award is presented in Student and Professor categories for a paper on trademark law or a matter that directly relates to or affects trademarks.

 2011-2012 Official Rules

• Papers due January 20, 2012

The student and professional winners of the Ladas Memorial Award Competition receive:

• A US $2,000 cash award
• A set of Stephen P. Ladas’s three-volume treatise
• An invitation to the INTA Gala, where Association leaders and volunteers recognize award winners. The student winner is reimbursed up to US $1,000 for travel to the Gala.

Winning papers are published in The Trademark Reporter, INTA’s legal journal.

2010–2011 Ladas Memorial Award Winners


Student Category Winner

Michael A. Johnson – “The Waning Consumer Protection Rationale of Trademark Law: Over-Protective Courts and the Path to Stifling Post-Sale Consumer Use”, 101 TMR 1321 (2011)


Professional Category Winner

Anthony Fletcher – “The Product with the Parody Trademark: What's Wrong with Chewy Vuiton?”, 100 TMR 1091 (2010)

2009–2010 Ladas Memorial Award Winners

Student Category Winner

Alexandra J. Roberts – "New-School Trademark Dilution: Famous Among the Juvenile Consuming Public", 100 TMR 1021 (2010)

Professional Category Winner

Leah Chan Grinvald – "Making Much Ado About Theory: The Chinese Trademark Law", 100 TMR 964 (2010) 

2008–2009 Ladas Memorial Award Winners

Student Category Winner

Philipp G. Sandner – "The Identification of Trademark filing Strategies: Creating, Hedging, Modernizing, and Extending Brands", 99 TMR 1257 (2009)


Professional Category Winner

Thomas C. Folsom – "Space Pirates, Hitchhikers, Guides, and the Public Interest: Transformational Trademark Law in Cyberspace", 99 TMR 1166 (2009)




2007–2008 Ladas Memorial Award Winners

Student Category Winner

Elizabeth Flanagan – "No Free Parking: Obtaining Relief from Trademark-Infringing Domain Name Parking", 98 TMR 1160 (2008)

Professional Category Winners

Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Mark D. Janis – "Confusion Over Use: Contextualism in Trademark Law", 98 TMR 1086 (2008)



2006–2007 Ladas Memorial Award Winners

Student Competition Winner

Brendan Witherell – "The Extraterritorial Application of the Lanham Act in an Expanding Global Economy", 97 TMR 1090 (2007)


Professional Competition Winner

Mark McKenna – "The Normative Foundations of Trademark Law", 97 TMR 1126 (2007)